diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchViewlet.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchViewlet.ts
index 18df36545b5ab07c0d5c9852c71e4e5dfc6462dd..e8806b4501c4f7dae6cc10f9c7b7cc1c79f84ea6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchViewlet.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchViewlet.ts
@@ -1178,7 +1178,17 @@ export class SearchViewlet extends Viewlet {
 	}
 
 	private buildResultCountMessage(resultCount: number, fileCount: number, folderCount: number): string {
-		if (folderCount === 1) {
+		if (!this.contextService.hasMultiFolderWorkspace()) {
+			if (resultCount === 1 && fileCount === 1) {
+				return nls.localize('search.file.result', "{0} result in {1} file", resultCount, fileCount);
+			} else if (resultCount === 1) {
+				return nls.localize('search.files.result', "{0} result in {1} files", resultCount, fileCount);
+			} else if (fileCount === 1) {
+				return nls.localize('search.file.results', "{0} results in {1} file", resultCount, fileCount);
+			} else {
+				return nls.localize('search.files.results', "{0} results in {1} files", resultCount, fileCount);
+			}
+		} else if (folderCount === 1) {
 			if (resultCount === 1 && fileCount === 1) {
 				return nls.localize('search.folder.file.result', "{0} result in {1} file in {2} folder", resultCount, fileCount, folderCount);
 			} else if (resultCount === 1) {